CALLAHAN: In Philly, only Rollins doesn't run

11:42 PM,
Aug. 30, 2012

Rollins was benched Thursday after not running out a pop up in the sixth inning against the Mets.

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After the Phillies' matinee game, there were a bunch of youngsters sprinting around the bases as part of Modell's Sporting Goods' "Kids Run the Bases" promotion. Perhaps, 1,000 kids ran the bases. Maybe it was 2,000. Or, 3,000.

Whatever the number was, all of them ran harder than Jimmy Rollins did on a pop fly in the sixth inning Thursday afternoon. All of them.

For these kids to run around the bases at Citizens Bank Park just one time was a dream. They will remember the run forever. Their parents took half days from work just so their kids could run around the same bases where Rollins does. Well, at ...